2025 Stories

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Asteroid Alarm Averted

Former NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan ’83, D.Sc. ’16, P ’10, P ’14 weighs in on the terrestrial object that had a historic chance of impacting Earth.

An Action-Packed Journey

Dr. Jeffrey Wilson ’88 draws on his military and medical background to craft novels about covert ops and dangerous missions.

Kudos! March 2025

Congratulations to William & Mary alumni who are making moves in the world! This is where we celebrate awards, job changes, promotions, recognition and other career and civic engagement news we collected between Dec.1, 2024, and March 13, 2025.

Seven Strategies for Success

W&M Professional Development Week 2025 attracted nearly 1,000 participants, including generations of alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends. Panels and presentations covered topics ranging from artificial intelligence to board leadership to building impactful partnerships.

W&M’s Global Research Institute receives $900K grant

Renewed support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York will allow William & Mary’s Global Research Institute to push forward key programs that connect policymakers with cutting-edge research, spread public awareness about GRI’s work and bring scholars from a wide range of backgrounds to work with students.

Fighting fire with fire

W&M students learn the importance of prescribed burning in a land management internship led by biology professor Harmony Dalgleish.

A Winning Lab

Chemistry professor Katelynn Perrault Uptmor receives new lab equipment that expands research capacity and student training.